Background
Manier, Will Rucker was born on January 3, 1885 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Will Rucker and Mary (Owsley) Manier.
Manier, Will Rucker was born on January 3, 1885 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Will Rucker and Mary (Owsley) Manier.
Student Nashville Public Schools (Elliott Medallist, Tarbox), Wallace U. school and United States Naval Academy, 1903-1906. Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, 1908.
Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 1908, and since practiced in Nashville. Member Manier & Crouch since 1914. Vice president Commercial Law League of America, 1925-1926.
Chairman Rule Revision Committee of Davidson County Circuit Courts, 1939-1940.
Special judge Tennessee Supreme Court, 1941.
Served as Lieutenant and captain infantry, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces in 5 major operations, 1917-1919. Member organizing committee, secretary and director Nashville Commercial. Member board of trustees University of Nashville (Montgomery Bell Academy).
Founder and past president Nashville Iris Society Commissioner Nashville area (Middle Tennessee) Council Boy Scouts of America Appointed by governor, co-ordinator of State agencies for Red Cross in disaster relief.
State director Office of Civilian Defense. Member Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations, Commercial Law League of America, International Association of Insurance Counsel, Board of Transportation Trustees of City of Nashville, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Society Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion, Phi Delta Theta (past prov. president), Phi Delta Phi.
Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Rotary, Old Oak (past president), Young Men's Christian Association Health (past president), Nashville Vanderbilt (past president).
Married Ruth Solom, December 18, 1925. Children: James Wyche, Robert Salom, Katherine Salom.